Re: Light meters

[Joel.Alpers@xxxxxxxxxxx]

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#>You can also meter off something you think is close to 18% gray (not in
#>color, but in lightness or darkness) by making sure it fills the viewfinder
#>and use that exposure for the snow. Concrete works good.

You can get camera bags that are 18% gray, as well.

#You can also use your hand and subtract 1 stop.  (That is, your hand is 1
#stop brighter than a grey card.

Meter off your palm. If using an SLR, leave it set at the same focus
as you'd use, to avoid lens extension.

John Shaw has a "rule of thumb" that I find useful - paraphrasing,
about how to remember which way to make the 1 f/stop correction:

"You have to open your hand up to take a meter reading, so you must
open up the lens to compensate for the 1 f/stop difference"

I use this a lot - it really works! And it is not very race-dependent,
as you might think it would be.

#Another nice quote is:  "Light meters give you information, not wisdom."

;)

Joel.


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